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Humphry Davy papers and correspondence, 1803-1837
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- Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; Ampère, André-Marie, 1775-1836, correspondent; Bentham, Samuel, 1757-1831, correspondent; Curry, James, correspondent; Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823, correspondent; Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822, correspondent; Phillips, William, 1775-1828, correspondent; Losh, James, 1762-1833, correspondent; Davy, Jane, 1780-1855, correspondent; Lonsdale, James, 1777-1839, illustrator; Thomson, J., engraver, engraver; Purgstall, Jane Anne Cranstoun, Gräfin von, 1760-1835; Dibner, Bern, donor. DSI; Royal Society (Great Britain); Agnew & Zanetti, publisher; Fisher, Son, & Co., printer of plates
- Publication date
- 1803
- Collection
- smithsonian
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 39.9M
Also laid in folder: multiple dealers' descriptions (including Fletcher; Rendell; and Elliott); a partially printed, partially handwritten German bookdealer's "autographe" form; and a photocopy of a Davy manuscript from Kenneth Rendell
citation/reference: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection, 474
Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Cornish chemist and inventor; member of the Royal Irish Academy; fellow of the Geological Society; also served as president of the Royal Society
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection
Collection of letters and other documents by or relating to Humphry Davy dating between 1803 and 1837, compiled by Bern Dibner with the help of various bookdealers
citation/reference: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection, 474
Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Cornish chemist and inventor; member of the Royal Irish Academy; fellow of the Geological Society; also served as president of the Royal Society
Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection
Collection of letters and other documents by or relating to Humphry Davy dating between 1803 and 1837, compiled by Bern Dibner with the help of various bookdealers
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- Abstract
- Collection of letters and other documents by or relating to Humphry Davy dating between 1803 and 1837, compiled by Bern Dibner with the help of various bookdealers. Collection includes 7 autograph letters written by Humphry Davy to various correspondents, including André-Marie Ampère; the geologist William Phillips; William Kerr; James Losh, introducing Samuel Bentham; Charles Bell; James Curry; and an unnamed recipient. Other documents in the collection include 2 brief (incomplete) autograph notes by Davy to Mr. [Samuel?] Parkes and to an unnamed recipient; 2 holograph poems by Davy, captioned: "Nonsense verses. The death of the Weazel" and "lines written by Sir H. Davy... to the Countess de Purgstall"; an engraved notification form about elections to the Royal Society in November 1821, annotated by Davy as president of the Royal Society and addressed to Hutton; and a small engraved portrait of Davy bearing a facsimile of his autograph, signed "painted by Lonsdale, engraved by Thomson ... from the large print published by Messrs. Agnew & Zanetti, [printed by ] Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1837." In addition, the collection includes 2 autograph letters by Lady Jane Kerr Apreece Davy, including one to "Miss Talbot" which mentions Sir Walter Scott, and one addressed to an unnamed female correspondent; and an undated autograph letter signed by Dr. Curry, addressed to Dr. Marcet, which mentions H. Davy.
- Addeddate
- 2015-07-15 22:29:17
- Call number
- 39088003198108
- Call-number
- 39088003198108
- Collection-number
- Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology,
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- Nonsense verses.
- Identifier
- HumphryDavypape00Davy
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t02z4sd5w
- Identifier-bib
- 39088003198108
- Location
- Smithsonian Libraries,
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 9.0
- Pages
- 60
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The Library considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection
- Ppi
- 300
- Year
- 1803
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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